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Houston 111, Sacramento 117: Can’t lose this game if you want to hold onto that 8th and final playoff spot, Houston. The Kings shot 55 percent on 3-pointers, 96 percent from the line, and despite only eight minutes from Jimmer Fredette, were able to hold off James Harden (30 points) and the Rockets. Isaiah Thomas of the Kings scored 17 in the 4th.

LA Clippers 102, New York 88: The Paper Clips owned the 4th, nobody other than ‘Melo (42 points) and Felton (20) could score for the Knicks, and the now-healthy Pacific Division-leaders removed the stench from Friday’s loss in Miami. CP3 put on a show (25 points, seven assists, one turnover), and former Knick Jamal Crawford (27 points) lit up the Garden. The Knicks are just 11-8 this calendar year.

Boston 118, Denver 114, 3 OT: The Celtics still haven’t lost since Rajon Rondo lost. Jason Terry scored 26, Paul Pierce had a monster triple double in 54 minutes (27 points, 14 rebounds, 14 assists) and took down the hot Nuggets. Have to bet on Charlotte tonight at home against Boston, right? No way the fossils cover … right?

Toronto 102, New Orleans 89: Any shot the Raptors make a run at the 8th seed in the East with Rudy Gay? Probably not, but it’ll be just as exciting watching the team handle DeMar DeRozan’s reaction to taking many fewer shots (only 3-of-7), while Gay is hoisting away (20 points, 19 shots). Austin Rivers watch, because you care: 4-of-6, nine points in 23 minutes. How rough of a rookie year has he had? He’s hitting 54 percent of FTs. Much worse than the 65 percent he made last year at Duke.

Orlando 110, Portland 104: The Magic’s 12-game losing streak is over. Nikola Vucevic, the steal of the Howard-Bynum blockbuster, scored 17 points and collected 19 rebounds. JJ Redick came off the bench to make 9-of-13 shots. He’s getting traded before the deadline, right? Portland rookie Damian Lillard, the runaway leader for rookie of the year, shot 1-of-16. How soon before the Lakers pass the Blazers for 9th in the West?

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MP

and despite only eight minutes from Jimmer Fredette, were able to hold off James Harden (30 points) and the Rockets

Oh my.

https://twitter.com/#!/derkaiser10 Der Kaiser

Howard’s father had this to say over the weekend: “Dwight hasn’t said anything about Atlanta, either. But he likes home. I think he would love to end his career here, even though he hasn’t said that publicly.”

Regardless of where he goes next, I don’t think he’ll ever avoid being involved in drama.

gfunk supreme

Friday, the Thunder beat the Suns by 31 at home, so elementary math tells me the Thunder beat the Suns by a combined 59 points in three days.

Outscored the last four* opponents by 101 points (455-354).

* Counting each Suns game

Curtis the Close talker

Austin Rivers watch, because you care

Ohhh the preemptive strike! Good looks Jace

The Wayne Fontes Safari

Damian Lillard, the runaway leader for rookie of the year

Cory Lidle was once the runway leader for rookie of the year.

http://twitter.com/widewordofsport Wide Word of Sport (?)

The Kings shot 55 percent on 3-pointers, 96 percent from the line, and despite only eight minutes from Jimmer Fredette

I think you are confusing “despite” with “because”

Nada

Damian Lillard, the runaway leader for rookie of the year

Cory Lidle was once the runway leader for rookie of the year

Ronny Carlton, MVP and ROY.

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Mike Woodson is brutal. Zeke was better than this guy. He stays with the silly switching defense no matter how much it gets exploited. He literally knows nothing else.

based on his personnel, what is the alternative? Speaking of Zeke, players of the week last week? Nate Robinson and David Lee. Leading sixth man of the year candidate who came back to the Garden yesterday and did work? Jamal Crawford.

Liquor

Jamal Crawford.

Talented and fun to watch, but the guy is a serious chucker. Although thats how I feel about almost everyone on the Clipper roster.

Scalia

Talented and fun to watch, but the guy is a serious chucker. Although thats how I feel about almost everyone on the Clipper roster.

His problem was that he had no sense of how to build a competent roster, and was a horrible judge of “superstar” NBA talent – Starbury, Francis, Eddy Curry, etc.

Marbury was supertar NBA talent. Curry was a risk based on his potential heart condition and his previous questionable work ethic before his breakout year. The Bulls were ready to re-sign him contingent on DNA testing for his condition. Francis was a trade made to appease Larry Brown who wanted no part of Trevor Ariza….I’m not saying that this team was good enough to win a championship, but the purpose of that team was to stay somewhat competitive while rebuilding. Isiah had a plan. Hell, he turned Channing Frye into Zach Randolph. It just so happened that those young players were all caught in the crossfire of the Marbury/Thomas-Larry Brown beef, and when the Brown loving media took up the cause of Brown being fired, it was all done. Tellingly, they were silent when Donnie Walsh decided to throw away 2 years just on the hope of LeBron James being interested in playing for the Knicks.

You have a point, especially with Atlanta. But with the Knicks as they are built, I can’t imagine them lasting long chasing through screens.

sctrojans

Tellingly, they were silent when Donnie Walsh decided to throw away 2 years just on the hope of LeBron James being interested in playing for the Knicks.

Eventually landed Anthony, so it wasn’t all bad

Curtis the Close talker

Curry was a risk based on his potential heart condition

He was also a risk based on being a poor player. Couldn’t rebound, couldn’t defend his own shadow. His best feature – his low post offense – was also a negative because he was a turnover machine and couldn’t shoot free throws. Zeke was an abomination as a gm no matter how much cherry picking is done on his behalf.

sctrojans

You have a point, especially with Atlanta. But with the Knicks as they are built, I can’t imagine them lasting long chasing through screens.

Make that trade for another small forward. That leaves Smith, Shumpert, and the new guy to chase twos and threes

Curtis the Close talker

Eventually landed Anthony, so it wasn’t all bad

Walsh made a lot of mistakes but his saving grace was he managed the cap well. And being in NYC, that resulted in a 23 win team being a playoff team in 2 years.